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Lincoln College.
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Timothy King
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Mr Justice King, is a judge of the High Court of England and Wales assigned to the Queen"s Bench Division. He was called to the Bar in 1973 by Lincoln"s Inn and practised on the Northern Circuit, taking silk in 1991. Notable cases as counsel
2001: R v Liverpool City Council, ex parte Karl Barry (Court of Appeal) on the limitations of local authority to licence "doormen".
2004: R ex appendix
Their defence was based upon political freedom of speech. The defendants were acquitted of some charges at the initial trial, with the jury in that trial failing to reach a verdict on the remanining counts, at a re-trial they were acquitted of the a remanining counts. 2006: Jones v Whalley (House of Lords): King argued about the effects of a police caution on subsequent proceedings.
King was appointed to the High Court bench on 29 January 2007, and awarded a knighthood on 28 June the same year.
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2006: King defended Banque Nationale de Paris leaders Nick Griffin and Mark Collett at Leeds Crown Court on charges of inciting racial hatred.
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Privatdozent v West Midlands and North West Mental Health Review Tribunal (Court of Appeal) - on apparent or perceived bias of members of mental health tribunals.
